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Antarctica: The Last Frontier

Brave New Pictures is currently working on a number of polar research programs with science teams exploring Arctic and Antarctic environments, some of which have never been seen before. WISSARD is a 6-year outreach project with the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) investigating one of the most mysterious aquatic ecosystems on the planet – subglacial lakes that exist under more than a half mile of Antarctic ice. BNP is the embedded videography crew for this important and fascinating assignment.

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We Have Life! Scientists Confirm Microbes Beneath Antarctic Glaciers
In the race to find Earth's chilliest and deepest life forms, one team has jumped out ahead and proven it has found life. For the first time, scientists have confirmed with multiple tests that they have captured swarms of microbes living deep in the dark wetlands beneath half a mile of glacier ice.Read more on popsci.com

Microbes thrive below Antarctic ice. A hint of life elsewhere in solar system?
The discovery of bacteria in an ice-bound lake bolsters the case that similar life could exist elsewhere in the solar system. But on Earth, the find raises the prospect that Antarctic melting will release greenhouse gases.Read more on csmonitor.com

News Release - Methane-eating bacteria in lake deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
An interdisciplinary team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has concluded that bacteria in a lake 800 meters (2,600 feet) beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may digest methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, preventing its release into the atmosphere.Read more on nsf.gov